Finding Aid for the Korean-American Oral History Project Collection, 1970-1979
Processed by Anne Caiger; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Korean-American Oral History Project Collection, 1970-1979
Collection number: 1414
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Anne Caiger, August 1985
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, October 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Korean-American Oral History Project Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1970-1979
Collection number: 1414
Creator:
Korean-American Oral History Project
Extent:
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Korean-American Oral History Project at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center was founded to develop oral history source
materials on Korean American history during the 1903-45 period, and to facilitate their use by researchers. The tape-recorded
oral histories of Korean American immigrants to the United States made by Sonia Shinn Sunoo form a part of that project. The
collection consists of 31 cassette tape recordings of interviews with Korean immigrants to the United States.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. The library
can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to
the Manuscripts Librarian, Department of Special Collections.] Credit shall be given as follows: [c in circle] The Regents
of the University of California on behalf of the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Sonia Shinn Sunoo, 1985.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Korean-American Oral History Project Collection (Collection 1414). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
The Korean-American Oral History Project at the UCLA Asian American Studies Center was founded to develop oral history source
materials on Korean American history during the 1903-45 period, and to facilitate their use by researchers. Its goals are
to collect individual memories of people and events, to develop an indexing project for the collection and to establish a
permanent depository of these records at UCLA. The tape-recorded oral histories of Korean American immigrants to the United
States made by Sonia Shinn Sunoo form a part of that project.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of 31 cassette tape recordings of interviews with Korean immigrants to the United States.
Portions of the collection are in Korean.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Korean-American Oral History Project--Archives.
Korean Americans--California--Interviews.
Audio cassettes.
Sunoo, Sonia Shinn.
Container List
Collections
Creator/Collector: Korean Documentation Project. Los Angeles
Physical Description: (1 oversize box)
Scope and Content Note
At present consists of the tape recordings of Korean immigrants made by Mrs. Sonia Shinn Sunoo.
Box 1
1A
no.9 Ahn, Joan.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
1B
no.3 Kim, Sung Jun.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] English.
Box 1
2A
no.27 Sunoo, "Honey" Kyung Sin.
Physical Description: [Recording is] nearly entirely [in] Korean.
Box 1
2B
no.44 Ahn, Seung-Wha.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] English and Korean.
Box 1
3A
no.30 Ahn Young Ho.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean with segments of English.
Box 1
3B
no.9 Ahn, Joan.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] English, mostly.
Box 1
4A, 4B, 5A
no.90 Chang Lee Wook.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
6A
no.65 Choi N.Y.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean, mostly.
Box 1
7A, 7B
no.67 Chu Young Han.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean, mostly.
Box 1
8A
no.39 Mr. Sang Ok Han & no.14 Mrs. Sang Ok Han.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
8B
no.42 Yang Cho Eun.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
9A
no.14 Mrs. Sang Ok Han.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
10A, 10B, 11A, 11B
no.2 Kim Hei Won.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean, mostly.
Box 1
12A, 12B
no.48 Rev. Herbert Kim Hyung Sik.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
13A
no.35 Kim Kyong Bo.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
13B
no.35 Kim Hyong Soon.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
14A
no.59 Rev. Sarah Kim.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
14B
no.37 Kown Young Ho.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
15A, 15B
no.57 Rev. Sung-Nak Kim.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
16A, 16B, 17A, 17B
no.49 Warren Kim.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] English/Korean.
Box 1
18A, 18B, 19A, 19B
no. Kim Young Chur.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] English and Korean.
Box 1
20A
no.37 Kown Young Ho.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
20B
no.49 Kim Warren.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
21A, 21B
no.58 Lee Chang Hei.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
22A, 22B
no.58 Mr. & Mrs. Chang Hei Lee.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
23A
no.35 Lim Blanche.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
23B
no.59 Kim Reverend Sara.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
24A, 24B, 25A, 25B
no.35 Park Ne Gun.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] English/Korean.
Box 1
26A, 26B
no.41 Rhee Byong Uk.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean and English.
Box 1
27A
no.4 Yang Choo Eun no.88 Helen Kim.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean and English.
Box 1
27B
no.17 Mrs. Hyong Soon Kim.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
28A, 28B, 29A, 29B
no.43 Mr. Do Yun Yoon & no.29 Mrs. Do Yun Yoon.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean.
Box 1
30A, 30B, 31A, 31B
no.35 Leo Song.
Physical Description: [Recording is in] Korean, mostly.
